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Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and
Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million.), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
389:(subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
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The situation between the two nations was complicated by the 1957–1959 uprising by
Tibetans against Chinese rule. Refugees poured across the Indian border, and the Indian public was outraged. Any compromise with China on the border issue became impossible. Similarly, China was offended that India
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Dispute: The situation along the Sino-Indian frontier continued to worsen. In late July (1959), an Indian reconnaissance patrol was blocked, "apprehended," and eventually expelled after three weeks in custody at the hands of a larger Chinese force near Khurnak Fort in Aksai Chin. ...
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Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions:
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in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below).
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Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
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had given political asylum to the Dalai Lama when he fled across the border in March 1959. In late 1959, there were shots fired between border patrols operating along both the ill-defined McMahon Line and in the Aksai Chin.
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Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
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1047:Hassanabad
1002:Jalaalabad
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585:2017-10-15
349:due weight
323:References
280:, and the
224:Number of
211:Population
158:Government
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644:Baltistan
384:16 August
365:15 August
125:Territory
89:76°20′0″E
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1283:See also
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987:Kharmang
924:Kharmang
838:Burji La
667:Kharmang
259:disputed
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246:ضلع شِگر
137:Division
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1037:Ghawari
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944:Galtari
882:Valleys
652:Ghanche
411:1947";
341:Kashmir
262:Kashmir
257:in the
226:tehsils
219:109,000
114:Country
71:Kashmir
1300:Ladakh
1082:Yugupa
1072:Korphe
997:Danyor
982:Khaplu
977:Shigar
972:Skardu
967:Gilgit
821:Passes
813:Gilgit
803:topics
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742:Diamer
737:Astore
729:Diamer
709:Gilgit
699:Ghizer
691:Gilgit
672:Roundu
662:Shigar
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1042:Haldi
1017:Jutal
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747:Darel
719:Nagar
714:Hunza
294:Rondu
1359:stub
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198:Area
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185:N/A
177:N/A
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